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Filename:
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csc_0064_photon
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Identifier:
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csc_0064_photon
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Title:
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Photon 200: New Dimensions in Photocomposition
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Creator:
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Photon
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Subject:
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Phototypesetting equipment industry - History
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Subject:
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Type specimens - 20th century
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Summary:
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A promotional brochure for the Photon phototypesetting machine, produced by Photon in the United States, a subsidiary of Deberny & Peignot in France. Includes diagrams of how the machine worked using a manual keyboard, typeface matrix disc negatives, and stroboscopic light. This invention bypassed metal type hand composition. The Photon machine was called the Lumitype in France.
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Publisher:
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Photon
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Contributor:
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Moyroud, Louis, 1914-2010
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Date of Original:
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1962 approximate
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Date of Digitization:
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2023
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Broad Type:
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still image
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Specific Type:
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brochures
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Digital File Format:
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jpeg
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Physical Format:
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books
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Language:
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English
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Original Item Location:
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CARCSC.0064
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Library Collection:
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Louis Moyroud papers
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Digital Project:
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2023_0042_lumitype
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Catalog Record:
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https://archivesspace.rit.edu/repositories/3/resources/1188
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Place:
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Massachusetts - Wilmington
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Rights:
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RIT Libraries makes materials from its collections available for educational and research purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. It is your responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder to publish or reproduce images in print or electronic form.
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